We have implemented some new loginscripts that should hopefully improve the login experience.
The original scripts contained a large number of routines for different users due to us having three different types of file store, these being Novell, SAMBA and Windows, and then additional routines were added during the move from Novell or SAMBA to Windows.
Now that all users have Windows file store all these additional routines can be removed, some of which were quite complicated and required the scripts to read attributes for the user from their AD object and group membership.

As well as now only having one file store, we have amalgamated shared drives for staff and students to just two drive mappings, these being N: and Q: which means most of the old routines for mapping drives based on faculty or group membership have also been removed.

There are still a number of routines that happen during login that make the desktop more usable / friendly but that will affect login times, such as updating menus and icons, changing the ‘My Computer’ to the computer name, altering settings such a IE homepage etc and running other scripts that will be considered to see if they are necessary.

Please report any issues to IT Help.